Impact of Alcohol or Drug Use and Incarceration on Child Care in Santa Clara County, California, 2003 (ICPSR 4211)

Principal Investigator(s):Wiley, James A., San Francisco State University. Public Research Institute

Summary:

This pilot study was conducted in an attempt to better
understand the jailed population in terms of the number of families at
risk and the relationship between parental substance use and
incarceration and its impact on the children of the incarcerated. The
aim of the study was to describe the jailed population, their needs in
relation to substance abuse and parenting issues, to explore
children's risk factors resulting from having a parent with substance
abuse and/or criminal justice... (more info)

This pilot study was conducted in an attempt to better
understand the jailed population in terms of the number of families at
risk and the relationship between parental substance use and
incarceration and its impact on the children of the incarcerated. The
aim of the study was to describe the jailed population, their needs in
relation to substance abuse and parenting issues, to explore
children's risk factors resulting from having a parent with substance
abuse and/or criminal justice involvement, and ultimately to offer a
point of intervention for parents and children at risk. Participants
included 229 men and 52 women aged 18 and older, who were in their
first 48 hours of incarceration in the Santa Clara County Department
of Corrections in August 2003 and who where voluntary participants in
the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ) Arrestee Drug Abuse
Monitoring (ADAM) Program (ARRESTEE DRUG ABUSE MONITORING (ADAM)
PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES, 2003 [ICPSR 4020]). Male subjects were
chosen through a random selection process, while female participants
were taken from a convenience sample. The pilot study used a
questionnaire completed as an addendum to the ADAM program main
interview. Major types of variables included in this study are type
and duration of alcohol/drug use, family history of incarceration,
number and ages of children for whom the respondent was the primary
caregiver, social consequences for the child due to the incarceration
of the respondent, and if the child had any problems with drugs and/or
alcohol.

A downloadable version of data for this study is available however, certain identifying information in the downloadable version may have been masked or edited to protect respondent privacy. Additional data not included in the downloadable version are available in a restricted version of this data collection. For more information about the differences between the downloadable data and the restricted data for this study, please refer to the codebook notes section of the PDF codebook. Users interested in obtaining restricted data must complete and sign a Restricted Data Use Agreement, describe the research project and data protection plan, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

Wiley, James A. IMPACT OF ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE AND INCARCERATION ON CHILD CARE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, 2003. ICPSR04211-v1. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco State University [producer], 2003. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-10-11. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04211.v1

Universe:
Men and women aged 18 and older who were incarcerated in
the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections in August 2003.

Data Types:
survey data

Methodology

Study Purpose:
This pilot study was conducted to better
understand the jailed population in terms of the number of families at
risk and the relationship between parental substance use and
incarceration and its impact on the children of the incarcerated. The
study aimed to describe the jailed population, their needs in relation
to substance abuse and parenting issues, to explore children's risk
factors resulting from having a parent with substance abuse and/or
criminal justice involvement, and ultimately to offer a point of
intervention for parents and children at risk.

Study Design:
The study, conducted in August 2003, by San
Francisco State University, Public Research Institute, consisted of a
sample of 229 men and 52 women aged 18 and older, who were in their
first 48 hours of incarceration in the Santa Clara County Department
of Corrections and who were voluntary participants in NIJ's Arrestee
Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program (ARRESTEE DRUG ABUSE MONITORING
(ADAM) PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES, 2003 [ICPSR 4020]). ADAM Program
participants were selected from all arrestees charged with any
criminal act in Santa Clara County. Male subjects were chosen through
a random selection process, while female subjects were taken from a
convenience sample. The study used a questionnaire completed as an
addendum to the ADAM Program main interview. All ADAM participants
listened to a second informed consent statement upon completing of the
main survey, after which they were asked to complete the ten-minute
interview.

Sample:
The sample for male subjects was a random sample from all
males aged 18 years or more who were in their first 48 hours of
incarceration in the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections and
who were voluntary participants in NIJ's Arrestee Drug Abuse
Monitoring (ADAM) Program. The sample for female subjects was a
convenience sample from all females meeting the same criteria. There
are several limitations to the study that should be considered.
First, this was a pilot study with a limited number of respondents.
Second, the anonymity of the ADAM study prevented any follow-up
interviews with the children resulting in a one-sided reporting of
family life. Third, any findings are specific to the Santa Clara
County jail population, although preliminary findings show
similarities between this population and jail populations in other
counties.

Weight:
Because data were only collected over a single quarter,
ADAM sampling weights are not included in the data.

Data were collected from the ADAM program interview and
the questionnaire added as an addendum.

Description of Variables:
Variables used in the study include the gender and
ethnicity of the respondents, type of offense currently incarcerated
for, familial history of incarceration, history of drug and alcohol
use (including types of drugs used), age when drugs and/or alcohol
were first used, and number of times drugs and/or alcohol had been
used in the last 12 months. Other variables pertain to the
respondent's children, including the number and ages of children the
respondent is responsible for, who the child lives with most of the
time, who watches the child and where the child would stay while the
respondent is incarcerated, number of days of school the child had
missed in the past 12 months, if the child had any history of drug
and/or alcohol use, if the child had ever been the victim of violence,
if the child had ever been in a juvenile detention facility, and if
the child or family had ever received any support such as tutoring,
counseling, or parenting classes. Because data were only collected
over a single quarter, ADAM sampling weights are not included in the
data.

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: